Criminal Justice Minor

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The College of Arts and Sciences offers a minor in Criminal Justice for those students interested in exploring different perspectives of crime and manners of addressing them for the social good.

Requirements for the Minor

Students must meet all university requirements for a minor.

In addition, students must:

Required Courses (18 Hours)

• Complete up to nine (9) hours of lower division criminal justice course work at Governors State University or as transfer equivalents to the following, each with a grade of “C” or better:

• CJUS - 2100 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
• CJUS - 2200 Introduction to Corrections (3)
• CJUS - 2300 Introduction to Juvenile Justice (3)
• CJUS - 2360 Judicial Process and Constitutional Issues in Criminal Justice (3)
• CJUS - 2400 Policing Foundations (3)

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• Complete a minimum of nine (9) hours of upper division course work at Governors State University from the following courses in the undergraduate Criminal Justice curriculum, each earning a grade of “C” or better:

• CJUS - 3099 Junior Seminar in Criminal Justice (3)
• CJUS - 3100 Foundations of Social Justice (3)
• CJUS - 3250 Foundations of Restorative Justice (3)
• CJUS - 3440 Exploring Ethics in the Justice System (3)
• CJUS - 4100 Theories of Crime and Deviance (3)
• CJUS - 4465 Comparative International Criminal Justice Systems (3)

Total - 18 Hours